Fred Pearce (born 30 December 1951) is an English science writer and public speaker based in London. He reports on the environment, popular science and development issues. He specialises in global environmental issues, including water and climate change.^[1]

Biography

Pearce is currently the environment consultant of New Scientist magazine and a regular contributor to the British newspapers Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Independent, and Times Higher Education.^{[citation needed]} He has also written for several US publications including Audubon, Foreign Policy, Popular Science, Seed, and Time.^{[citation needed]}

Pearce has written books on environmental issues and development issues. He has also written reports and extended journalism for WWF, the UN Environment Programme, the Red Cross, UNESCO, the World Bank, the European Environment Agency, and the UK Environment Agency. He is a trustee of the Integrated Water Resources International.^[2]

Writings

• Deep Jungle. Eden Project Books. 2006. ISBN 9781903919569.
• When the Rivers Run Dry. Eden Project Books. 2007. ISBN 9781903919583.
• Earth: Then and Now. Mitchell Beazley. 2007. ISBN 9781845332464.
• The Last Generation. Eden Project Books. 2007. ISBN 9781903919880.
• With Speed and Violence: Why scientists fear tipping points in climate change. Beacon Press. 2007. ISBN 9780807085769.
• Climate tipping points loom large
• Confessions of an Eco Sinner. Eden Project Books. 2008. ISBN 9781905811106.
• The Coming Population Crash: and Our Planet's Surprising Future , Beacon Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-8070-8583-7
• The Climate Files: The Battle for the Truth About Global Warming, Guardian Books, 2010. ISBN 978-0-85265-229-9
• Written in Water: Messages of Hope for Earth's Most Precious Resource (contributing essayist), National Geographic Society, 2010. ISBN 978-1-4262-0572-9
• Peoplequake. Eden Project Books. 2011. ISBN 9781905811397.
• The Land Grabbers: The New Fight over Who Owns the Earth, Beacon Press, 2012 ISBN 978-0-8070-0324-4
• The New Wild: Why invasive species will be nature's salvation. Icon Books Ltd. 2016. ISBN 9781785780516.
• Fallout: Disasters, Lies, and the Legacy of the Nuclear Age. Beacon Press. 2018. ISBN 9780807092491.